Entrepreneurship of an institutional field: the emergence of coworking spaces for digital business models

Ricarda B. Bouncken (), Sascha Kraus () and Juan F. Martínez-Pérez ()
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Ricarda B. Bouncken: University of Bayreuth
Sascha Kraus: Durham University
Juan F. Martínez-Pérez: Universitat de València

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2020, vol. 16, issue 4, No 14, 1465-1481

Abstract: Abstract Coworking spaces have been proliferating world-wide in urban and rural areas while facilitating entrepreneurship and new, especially digital business models. Our research analyzes the worldwide expansion by drawing upon mechanisms from institutional theory. We argue that the sense of community, emotional activation, the local communities together with the digital linkages and the open office allowed coworking spaces to evolve as a real space for entrepreneurship. The common lifestyle and the high digital identity of the users further explain the emergence of this entrepreneurship field that shows high convergent forms of coworking spaces. The key divergence comes with different ownership models.

Keywords: Coworking spaces; Sharing economy; Digitalization; Entrepreneurship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s11365-020-00689-4

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